Vegetable grater



Nov. 27, 1923 L. LElTMAN VEGETABLE GRATER Filed April 18. 1923 IN VENTOR1,.LEZ7'MAN A TTORNEYS Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

LOUIS LEITMAN, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

VEGETABLE GRATER.

Application filed April 18, 1923.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Lotus LnrrMAN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Vegetable Grater, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in kitchen utensils and hasparticular reference to a vegetable grater.

An object of the invention is to provide a grater which may beconveniently mounted upon a suitable receptacle and upon which avegetable may be securely retained while the same is being grated by amovement of the grating element relative thereto.

Another object is to provide an improved grater of simple andinexpensive construction, which will be effective in carrying out thepurpose for which it is designed.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetail description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the grater constructedin accordance with the invention and showing the same in operativeposition;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, the receptacle on which it ismounted being shown in section;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation, partly broken away and shownin section, illustrating a different form of clamping device for thebody'of the grater.

The device is shown as comprising a base 4 of elongated rectangularformation having at one end a depending end section 5 adapted to engagea receptacle 6 and act as a retaining means for securely mounting thedevice on said receptacle. The opposite end of the base 4 carries anadjustable yoke member 7 having portions engageable with the upper andlower sides of the base 4 and being adjustable longitudinally of saidbase so as to accommodate different sized receptacles between it and theend section 5. YVhen the yoke member 7 is engaged with the receptacle 6at a point diametrically opposite that engaged by the end section, a

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suitable fastening device in the form of a screw 8 carried by the upperportion of the member 7 may be utilized to fasten said member in aretaining position. In order that the base 4 will not be marred byengagement of the screw member 8 therewith a metallic plate 9 ispreferably mounted upon the upper surface of the base 4 and isengageable by the screw 8 when the member 05 7 is being secured in itsadjusted positions.

The device further includes a vertically disposed frame arranged adjacent; one of the longitudinal edges of the base 4 and including the endpieces 10 joined at their ends by the cross piece 11, the outer surfaceof which is disposed in the same plane with the adjacent longitudinaledge of the base 4. Said edge of the base 4 and the cross piece 11 havesecured thereto the cooperating guide members 12, each preferablyformedof a strip of material bent upon itself to provide a channel or groove,the grooves of the guide members being opposed to receive therein thelongitudinal edges of a grating element 13. This grating element isarranged to'be reciprocated longitudinally with respect to the base andis provided at one end with a handle 14 to facilitate its operation.

In order that a vegetable to be grated may 86 be securely retained inposition on the base 4 while the rating element 13 is beingreciprocated, t e invention provides an abutment 15 in the form of ablock adjustably mounted upon the base and arranged transversely withrespect thereto, so that a vegetable may be placed on the base betweenthe abutment and an adjacent end piece 10 and thereb brought intooperative engagement with t e grating surface of the member 13: Toadjust the abutment 15 so as to accommodate different sized receptaclesdisposed upon said base in the manner described, the base 14 ispreferably provided with a longitudinal slot 16 through which a threadedpin 17 carried by the bottom 'of the abutment 15 extends. A wing nut 18is threaded onto the pin 17 and may be tightened against the bottom ofthe base 4 to retain the abutment in an adjusted position.

The form of clamping device illustrated in Figure 4 may be substitutedin lieu of the end section 5 and includes an angular member 19 securedto the end of the base 4. The depending portion of the member 19 is 110provided with a screw threaded opening 20 for receiving the threadedshank 21 of the adjusting screw 22, said shank extending through theopening formed in the cooperating clamping member 23. When in operativeposition the clamping members 19 and 23 receive therebetween the upperedge of the receptacle 6 and by turning the screw member 22 in theproper direction, it will be obvious that said clamping members may becaused to tightly grip the receptacle and thus maintain the grater inoperative position.

What is claimed is:

In a vegetable grater, a base of elongated formation capable of beingsupported upon the rim of a receptacle and having its ends projectingbeyond said rim, a frame supported by said base and including uprightend pieces and a cross piece connecting the upper ends of said endpieces, opposed guide members one of which is carried by onelongitudinal edge of said base and the other by said cross piece, agrating element movable in said guide members and longitudinally of saidbase, an abutmentadjustably carried by said base and cooperating Withone of said end pieces to retain a vegetable on said base in operativerelation to said grating element, an end section fixed to one end ofsaid base and engageable with the side wall of said receptacle, andmeans positioned at the opposite end of said base and adjustablelongitudinally thereof to engage said side wall at a diametricallyopposite point from said end section whereby to prevent movement of saidbase with respect to said receptacle in the direction of movement ofsaid grating element.

LOUIS LEITMAN.

